German football association confirm Mika Baur injury update

Celtic midfielder Mika Baur has now withdrawn from international duty due to the ankle injury he picked up over the weekend.

Baur has been on of the Bhoys' most consistent performers this season following his arrival from Paderborn in the summer. Like many of his teammates, the busy midfielder has played a lot of football early in his Celtic career due to an early start to the season and a thick and fast European schedule.

The midfielder also represented Germany twice during the last international window, with Jurgen Klopp handing him his first senior caps.

Baur has coped with the busy schedule well, but he did pick up an injury with just five minutes remaining of Celtic's win over Kilmarnock on Sunday.

Bhoys boss Martin O'Neill said after the game: “Yeah, he’s in the treatment room at this minute. His ankle is very sore and we don’t know the damage just at this minute. I assume that he’ll probably wait until tomorrow to get a scan.

“Gosh, I’m hoping that he would not be out for terribly long. I just don’t know at the moment because he’s been brilliant for us.”

Baur was not selected by Klopp for this international window, but still only 22 years of age, he was selected to represent Germany under-21s. But following he injury setback, he will no longer be joining up with them.

The DFB, which is the German football association, have confirmed that Baur will not travel during this window and that he will have treatment in Glasgow for his ankle issue,

There is every chance Celtic already know the extent of the injury, with scans likely to have been done either on Sunday or Monday to assess the damage. If it is an ankle sprain, Celtic will have hoped it wasn't a high-grade sprain or a high ankle sprain, both which could be lengthy injuries.

Lower grade sprains can typically be recovered with a short period of rest and an intense period of strengthening.